karen shepherd Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/karen-shepherd/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Tue, 27 Aug 2019 03:17:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 karen shepherd Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/karen-shepherd/ 32 32 135387410 Old Journals in the Attic https://elephantsnever.com/old-journals-in-the-attic/ https://elephantsnever.com/old-journals-in-the-attic/#respond Tue, 27 Aug 2019 12:00:36 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1833 by Karen Shepherd Through open doors, a waft has found an in,an entry point, a path to hidden roomsabandoned years ago. The air, so stale,holds sleeping ghosts that hang from ceiling beamsadorned with words and webs and dried bouquets.It’s not the breeze that makes them gently sway.A restlessness has been here, waiting. Lightwas needed to be shed, to break the Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/old-journals-in-the-attic/feed/ 0 1833 For Thieves and Travelers https://elephantsnever.com/for-thieves-and-travelers/ https://elephantsnever.com/for-thieves-and-travelers/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:52:44 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1815 by Karen Shepherd Give the traveler bright moonlight but give the thief darkness. Mtembezi mpe mwezi, mpe kiza mwizi.– Swahili Proverb To thieves, give darkness. Strip the sky of stars,obstruct the paths with webs of maple roots.Hang thorny vines from broken limbs to creakin winds. Allow no safeguards in this night. Detect the hurried clamber, running farwith our character hidden Read More

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